What is the best kind of french fry? (3 Viewers)

[dickey moe]

McDonalds in beef tallow fresh out of the fryer/thread

 

[General Malaise]

Sweet potato fries. Any cut will do.

Yeah, I also enjoy these quite a bit. If these are an option, I'm getting them.

 

[Scoresman]

I feel like I can be a snob about fries since I'm Belgian and we invented "french" fries.

This is the best way to have them. There are a handful of decent attempts made at this here in the states, but getting these from a fry cart in Belgium or the NEtherlands is the best way hands down. Mayonnaise or similar sauce is not optional.

 

[Scoresman]

Also if you voted waffle fries, you are dead to me.

 

[General Malaise]

My faves:

1) Baby potatoes microwaved until done, smashed own to about 3/8" thick and then pan fried in duck fat and sprinkled with chopped rosemary, maldon salt, and pepper. Alternatively they can be deep fried in duck fat or peanut oil.
2) Cold baked potatoes cut into wedges or hand pulled into chunks for more crispy bits and deep fried in peanut oil.

I want party with you one day, Cowboy.

 

[dickey moe]

I feel like I can be a snob about fries since I'm Belgian and we invented "french" fries.

This is the best way to have them. There are a handful of decent attempts made at this here in the states, but getting these from a fry cart in Belgium or the NEtherlands is the best way hands down. Mayonnaise or similar sauce is not optional.

There was a Belgan fry shop called Bel Frites in downtown San Luis Obispo years ago that was run by a Cal Poly SLO professor and his wife. They offered like 8 different dipping sauces. Damn those fries were the bomb.

 

[3 hour lunch]

T1- waffle with seasoned sour cream
T1- hand cut fried in peanut oil
T1- curly
165th- steak fries

 

[Drunken knight]

@El Floppo

"You can cut potatoes either thinly or thickly. In France, thick-cut fries are called “pommes Pont-Neuf”[or simply “pommes frites”, about 10 millimeters (3/8 inch), while “pommes allumettes” (matchstick potatoes) are cut about 7 millimeters (1/4 inch) thick and “pommes pailles” (potato straws) only about 3–4 millimeters (⅛ inch). The very thinnest French fries do not need the double fry technique, but cutting them that finely can be very fussy for home cooks."

 

[El Floppo]

@El Floppo

"You can cut potatoes either thinly or thickly. In France, thick-cut fries are called “pommes Pont-Neuf”[or simply “pommes frites”, about 10 millimeters (3/8 inch), while “pommes allumettes” (matchstick potatoes) are cut about 7 millimeters (1/4 inch) thick and “pommes pailles” (potato straws) only about 3–4 millimeters (⅛ inch). The very thinnest French fries do not need the double fry technique, but cutting them that finely can be very fussy for home cooks."

Thanks!

I took French in HS, been to France a bit, and eaten at a lot of French spots over the years... Never seen or heard those or anything except "pomme frites" on the menu in regards to "French fries" of any cut. But also never considered what form those might take... And from memory seems like it's typically or maybe exclusively of the thinner variety. Pommes pont neuf sounds like something you'd buy from a tourist cart next to the bridge.

Note: not a French fries expert. My memory sucks. Haven't been to France for more than a day in 10 years.

 

[Ilov80s]

Guy Fieri’s restaurants (which suck but is in the Cancun airport so yeah) serves a very good fry that’s just a mix of like the different kinds and that’s a great idea. More places should so that.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

My faves:

1) Baby potatoes microwaved until done, smashed own to about 3/8" thick and then pan fried in duck fat and sprinkled with chopped rosemary, maldon salt, and pepper. Alternatively they can be deep fried in duck fat or peanut oil.
2) Cold baked potatoes cut into wedges or hand pulled into chunks for more crispy bits and deep fried in peanut oil.

These are always solid

The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever

These are the most flavorful crispy roast potatoes you'll ever make. And they just happen to be gluten-free and vegan (if you use oil) to boot.

www.seriouseats.com

 

[Dickies]

I like the regular thin fries, preferably beer battered fries.

Crinkle cut is the worst form factor by far

My least favorite are steak fries.

One place near me does them very well (and make an outstanding homemade ketchup)…. And ketchup in our house is known as heathen sauce.

I’ve had some good steak fries but I agree that they usually aren’t good. Can’t think of a crinkle cut that I’ve ever had that’s passable.

 

[General Malaise]

Guy Fieri’s restaurants (which suck but is in the Cancun airport so yeah) serves a very good fry that’s just a mix of like the different kinds and that’s a great idea. More places should so that.

Intrigued!

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I like them around 3/16 - 1/4”

I prefer pomme frites (shoestring)

I've never heard this. Have only heard pomme frites being... French fries (in French).

Speaking of...Poutine

Lemme rephrase... Is this a common thing, calling this specific French fry type "shoe string" the French name "pomme frites" for the overall genre?

I've not seen or heard of this.

It’s the name I see in fancier restaurants. I assume it’s to make the fact that they’re serving fries with a sixty dollar entree sound more justifiable.

It’s like the difference between grits and polenta. The price on the menu

 

[Scoresman]

Last time I ate at a Guy Fieri restaurant I almost had to go to the ER for extreme bloating and constipation.

 

[Payne]

All fries can be great when done properly.

We had a local place that were home to great waffle fries
Texas Roadhouse and Red Robin have good steak fries when they are done right
Shoestrings are great too

And who doesn't like a $400 bag of Five Guy fries??

 

[SWC]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

 

[Drunken knight]

I like the regular thin fries, preferably beer battered fries.

Crinkle cut is the worst form factor by far

My least favorite are steak fries.

One place near me does them very well (and make an outstanding homemade ketchup)…. And ketchup in our house is known as heathen sauce.

I’ve had some good steak fries but I agree that they usually aren’t good. Can’t think of a crinkle cut that I’ve ever had that’s passable.

I like crinkle for loaded, I have also had a good thinner steak fries (good for loaded too)

 

[TLEF316]

They're all good if done correctly but waffle stands out for me due to texture.

Thick wedges/steak fry types are really inconsistent in my experience.

Curly probably 2nd for me even though I rarely have them

 

[El Floppo]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

I love when burger king threw down the gauntlet in a huge publicity/media rush and then got their butts handed to them

 

[Dan Lambskin]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

McDonald’s are the Dallas Cowboys of the fry world, average at best and completely living off their past reputation

 

[Don Quixote]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

When fresh, they are. They tend to get chewy pretty quick though.

 

[Ilov80s]

Last time I ate at a Guy Fieri restaurant I almost had to go to the ER for extreme bloating and constipation.

We usually only get the fries and a drink as we wait for our plane back home. It’s basically Guys or Bubba Gumps lol.

 

[urbanhack]

Sweet potato fries. Any cut will do.

Yeah, I also enjoy these quite a bit. If these are an option, I'm getting them.

I like sweet potato tater tots.

 

[ChiefD]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

As long as the fry tech puts the proper amount of salt on them. Unsalted McDonald's fries are the devil on earth.

 

[General Malaise]

Last time I ate at a Guy Fieri restaurant I almost had to go to the ER for extreme bloating and constipation.

I trust you've read the NY Times review of his failed restaurant he opened in Times Square a few years back? My lord.....talk about taking somebody behind the woodshed.

 

[Stinkin Ref]

I love fries....but have started leaning into tator tots.....nothing beats a good tator tot....also have a soft place in my heart for the Potato Ole's at Taco John's....I think they put crack in whatever seasoning they use...so good

for the purpose of the poll....voted regular.....hot (like burn your finger a little hot) fresh and salted from McD's are pretty hard to beat

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Last time I ate at a Guy Fieri restaurant I almost had to go to the ER for extreme bloating and constipation.

We usually only get the fries and a drink as we wait for our plane back home. It’s basically Guys or Bubba Gumps lol.

Or Buffet's place. I think Fieri's is the best of the bunch in that airport.

 

[Zegras11]

I can do without anything else on their menu, but regular McDonald’s fries are still the best IMO.

until you learn what they are made of

 

[General Malaise]

Sweet potato fries. Any cut will do.

Yeah, I also enjoy these quite a bit. If these are an option, I'm getting them.

I like sweet potato tater tots.

What? Who is serving these and when do we go?

 

[nirad3]

I love me a good french fry. Shoestrings are good, so are curly. Waffle? Sure. I voted for crinkle-cut, though. Seems like those are consistently the best no matter where you're at.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

McDonald’s are the Dallas Cowboys of the fry world, average at best and completely living off their past reputation

That made me lol and it’s true

 

[B Maverick]

All of the above. I'm addicted to fries, as long as they are simply normal salted and not any of that garlic or sweet potato kind.

 

[WDIK2]

The bonus fries you find at the bottom of the bag when you are sad because you think you are out of fries.

Voted crinkle.

Where I live, tater tots are called "gems".

 

[Wildcat]

Mine.

The curly honey fries at Meat Mitch are awesome too.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I like the regular thin fries, preferably beer battered fries.

Crinkle cut is the worst form factor by far

the only good crinkle cut fry I ever had was at the local bowling alley lunch counter - fried when ordered, hot crispy and those crinkles are giant grease holders - they would almost squirt when you bit into them. The cheeseburgers were awesome as well.

a crinkle fry anywhere else has been a non-starter for me

 

[SWC]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

When fresh, they are. They tend to get chewy pretty quick though.

oh yeah you need them damned near right out of the frier and with salt on them but man when you hit that note its like a symphony of flavor just got up in there take that to the bank brohans

 

[Payne]

i mean i hate to say this but mcdonalds fries are pretty much damned near perfect take that to the bank bromigos

I have consistency concerns with McDonalds. One day amazing, next day soggy and littered with bad spots.

 

[SWC]

i have consistency concerns too but my doctor said it is nothing to worry about just need to eat more fiber and guess what that means more micky d fries take that to the bank brochachos

 

[arrow1]

I would like a write-in vote for tater tots

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I would like a write-in vote for tater tots

have you had the tater rounds?

they're just tots in a different shape but tend to have more "crisp" to the bite than a tot ...prefer them over the tots but love'em both

 

[Dickies]

I would like a write-in vote for tater tots

have you had the tater rounds?

they're just tots in a different shape but tend to have more "crisp" to the bite than a tot ...prefer them over the tots but love'em both

These are superior to tots.

 

[urbanhack]

Sweet potato fries. Any cut will do.

Yeah, I also enjoy these quite a bit. If these are an option, I'm getting them.

I like sweet potato tater tots.

What? Who is serving these and when do we go?

I need to remember...i know I've had them here. I want to say it was Loyal Legion, but I'm not sure. Yes....let's GET SOME

 

[Phil Elliott]

Sweet potato fries.

 

[SWC]

i mean if we are just saying tots and other potato things then german potato pancakes are literally as good as it gets with some applesauce on top and salt and that mein freunde you can take to die bank

 

[Scoresman]

I mean if we're doing this I'm throwing hashbrowns out there.

 

[mr. furley]

I’ve been using the @ChiefD method since that thread came out and I’ll never go back to anything else.

lefty with a blindfold on...... or??

 

[zamboni]

I love fries....but have started leaning into tator tots.....nothing beats a good tator tot...

For some reason, I read this with Billy Bob Thornton’s Sling Blade voice in mind.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

I like the regular thin fries, preferably beer battered fries.

Crinkle cut is the worst form factor by far

the only good crinkle cut fry I ever had was at the local bowling alley lunch counter - fried when ordered, hot crispy and those crinkles are giant grease holders - they would almost squirt when you bit into them. The cheeseburgers were awesome as well.

a crinkle fry anywhere else has been a non-starter for me

What about Arby’s?

 

[Drunken knight]

i mean if we are just saying tots and other potato things then german potato pancakes are literally as good as it gets with some applesauce on top and salt and that mein freunde you can take to die bank

Not fried, I love me some Swiss rosti